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English

Pronunciation

{{IPA table 3|RP=beɪ|AusE=bæɪ|GenAm=beɪ}}

Noun

bey

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

Quotations

2005 - Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 15, paragraph 1

Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey, life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.

Translations

Albanian: bej

Kurdish:

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Turkish

Noun

bey

lord
master

Category:Turkish nouns

da:bey fr:bey io:bey ku:bey pt:bey ru:bey te:bey vi:bey tr:bey zh:bey

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bey \Bey\ (b[=a]), n. [See Beg a bey.]
A governor of a province or district in the Turkish
dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg;
as, the bey of Tunis.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet bey
n 1: (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt;
"he introduced me to Ahmet Bey"
2: the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

Moby Dictionary
Dalai Lama , Holy Roman Emperor , Inca , Kaiser , ardri , beg ,
beglerbeg , burgrave , cacique , caesar , cham , collector , czar , dey ,
eparch , exarch , gauleiter , governor , governor-general , kaid , khan ,
khedive , lieutenant governor , mikado , nabob , nawab , negus ,
padishah , palatine , pendragon , pharaoh , proconsul , provincial , rig ,
sachem , sagamore , satrap , shah , sheikh , shogun , stadtholder ,
subahdar , tenno , tetrarch , tycoon , vali , vice-king , viceroy ,
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